Crowdmap for Sexual Violence

Safecity is a platform that crowdsources personal stories of sexual harassment and abuse in public spaces. This data which may be anonymous, gets aggregated as hot spots on a map indicating trends at a local level. The idea is to make this data useful for individuals, local communities and local administration to identify factors that causes behaviour that leads to violence and work on strategies for solutions.

Since our launch on 26 Dec 2012 we have collected over 10,000 stories from over 50 cities in India, Kenya, Cameroon, Nepal, Nigeria and Trinidad & Tobago.

Our Mission:Safecity aims to make cities safer by encouraging equal access to public spaces for everyone especially women, through the use of crowdsourced data, community engagement and institutional accountability.

We are creating a new data set which currently does not exist. Perception of the police's insensitivity as well as cultural backlash deters people from reporting. They feel more comfortable using our platform and this is seen by reports from over 20 years ago. By representing the information thus collected on a map as hotspots, we are moving the focus away from the "victim" to the location and people can view the issue with a different lens. Today we make choices for pretty much everything based on reviews - books, movies, restaurants, hotels but we have nothing for personal safety.

Our main objective is to:Create awareness on sexual harassment and abuse and get women and other disadvantaged communities to break their silence and report their personal experiences.Collate this information to showcase location based trends.Make this information available and useful for individuals, local communities and local administration to solve the problem at the local level.

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ABOUT THE ENTRANT

Name: Elsamarie Dsilva

Type of entry: teamTeam members:
ElsaMarie DSilva Supreet K Singh

Profession:Business Owner/Manager

Elsamarie is inspired by:
Women's safety. Solutions that are practical. Communities can make a difference using technology.